Obituaries:  Elmer R. Tapp, Sabine Parish       T-100
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jan 10, 1985
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Elmer R. Tapp

  Services for Mr. Elmer R. Tapp, 82, of Converse, were held at
2:30 p.m., Monday, January 7, at the Osborn Funeral Home Chapel
in Shreveport. The Rev. Shannon Oglee, pastor of Midway Baptist
Church in Sarpets, La., officiated. Burial was at Forest Park
Cemetery in Shreveport.

  Mr. Tapp, a resident of Converse for 14 years, died at 4:15
a.m., Friday, January 4, 1985, at Virginia Hall Nursing Home,
after a long illness. He was a native of Louisiana, and a former
resident of Shreveport for 25 years.

  Mr. Tapp was co-owner of Steel Forging, Inc. in Shreveport. He
was a member of Cedar Grove Masonic Lodge No. 465 F and AM, the
Grand Chapter of the Royal Arch Masons, Shreveport Chapter No.
10, the Grand Commandry of Knights, Shreveport, Ascension No. 8,
the Grand Council of R and SM of Louisiana, Council No. 23, the
Scottish Rite of Free Masonry, Shreveport Consistory, the
Converse Chapter No. 218, O.E.S., and the El Karubah Shrine
Temple of Shreveport.

  He is survived by one sister, Mrs. Effie Saab of Shreveport;
three nieces; and two nephews.

  Pallbearers were Harold Bland, R. E. Cubley, A. J. Lewis, H. L
Seward, Joe Cooper, and Anthony Toms.

  Honorary pallbearers were Cal Stainbrook, and all the employees
of Steel Forging, Inc.